Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan once missed a start after being bitten by a coyote. Outfielder Vince Coleman missed the entire 1985 World Series after being rolled up in the tarp machine. Obviously ...

Joey Bishop knows he was lucky. He reminds himself every day, while preparing for his new job in construction or during playtime with his 3-year-old daughter. What Bishop remembers about April 18, ...

Aiming for safer play and shorter games, college baseball for the 2011 season adopted the most significant new bat standards in 12 years. The game was altered with dramatic changes in almost every ...

The general landscape of high school baseball is undergoing a considerable change this spring. The National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) instituted mandatory use of the BBCOR ...

A bill that proposed a one-year moratorium on metal and composite bats in California high schools has been withdrawn after the CIF, the state's governing body for high school sports, agreed to adopt ...

Much has changed in the landscape of baseball bats for the 2011 season. If you are buying one of these bats, be very careful, especially if the bat is a BESR (Ball Exit Speed Ratio) bat. Rules have ...

Since metal bats were introduced to college baseball in 1974, guidelines have been introduced to make them less lively. After the home-run-filled 1998 College World Series, in which USC beat Arizona ...

Baseball has long been a sport that loves its acronyms, such as ERA and RBI. But it's BBCOR and BESR that are having a noteworthy offensive impact on the high school game this spring. In Class 6A, run ...

In case you have not noticed, the bats in high school baseball are not what they used to be. In 2011, a rule change prohibited any and all aluminum bats that did not have a "BBCOR" stamp on it. Why is ...